2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Mangga
On 19 May, the BOM noted that a low-pressure system centred with a low-pressure trough in the far northwestern part of the basin had developed into an off-season tropical low. Situated approximately 790 km (490 mi) southwest of Padang in Sumatra, the system was located within the area of responsibility of TCWC Jakarta. Environmental conditions were assessed as favourable for tropical cyclogenesis by Météo-France and the JTWC, with warm sea surface temperatures, low vertical wind shear, sufficient moisture in the mid troposphere, and a good poleward outflow channel. Citing these conditions, the JTWC issued a Tropical Cyclone Formation Alert for the system early on 20 May.


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Mangga
As the tropical low tracked slowly towards the southwest, the previously fragmented deep convection began to consolidate over the centre of the broad low-level circulation. Owing to the development of gale-force westerly winds to the north of the system by the afternoon of 20 May, the JTWC upgraded the system to a tropical storm at 03:00 UTC the following day. The tropical low soon adopted a track towards the south-southeast under the influence of a high-pressure ridge to the northeast.


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Mangga
Despite being located within an otherwise favourable environment for development, the system's low level circulation remained broad and weakly defined as moderate easterly vertical wind shear hampered the development of persistent deep convection near the centre. Supported by strong upper-level outflow, a burst of deep convection began to bloom near the centre of the struggling tropical low at around 12:00 UTC, at which point TCWC Jakarta upgraded the system to a Category 1 tropical cyclone on the Australian scale, assigning the name Mangga.


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Mangga
Due to the potential of the tropical low to generate for moderate to heavy rainfall, TCWC Jakarta issued an extreme weather warning for the southwestern coast of Sumatra and the westernmost part of Java on 21 May. Wave heights were also forecast to reach 6 m (20 ft) in Indian Ocean waters near the Mentawai Islands and the southwestern coasts of Sumatra and Java, and up to 4 m (13 ft) in the Sunda Strait and other areas.


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Tropical Cyclone Mangga
Severe weather warnings were later issued for the entire western area of Western Australia as the remnants of the low combined with a passing cold front to bringing damaging winds, raised dust and heavy rain in what was described as a "once in a decade" storm. Over 60,000 properties lost power in south-western Western Australia, particularly in Perth, Geraldton, Kalgoorlie and Margaret River. A wind gust of 132 km/h was reported at Cape Leeuwin.


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
A weak tropical low began to develop over the eastern Indian Ocean within a low-pressure trough on 31 January, approximately 460 km (285 mi) east-northeast of the Cocos Islands and 500 km (310 mi) west of Christmas Island. The system tracked slowly towards the south-southwest over the following days with little development. The system began to gradually decay as it neared the Cocos Islands, and it dissipated as a tropical low by 4 February.


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
Increased winds were observed in the vicinity of the tropical low in the Cocos Islands, with a maximum wind gust of 44 km/h (27 mph) recorded at the local airport at 01:29 UTC on 2 February. In addition, 28.8 millimetres (1.13 in) of rainfall fell on Christmas Island from 31 January to 2 February on the eastern side of the tropical low.


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
Late on 6 February, the BOM noted that a tropical low had developed within a low-pressure trough near the Australian region's western border, approximately 200 km (125 mi) west of the Cocos Islands. The tropical low remained nearly stationary over the central Indian Ocean for the next few days with little development, before dissipating late on 8 February.


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
The Cocos Islands received 34.4 millimetres (1.35 in) of rainfall during the 48 hours to 03:00 UTC on 8 February when the tropical low was located nearby, as well as a maximum wind gust to 39 km/h (24 mph) at 01:44 UTC on 8 February. An extended rainfall total of 108.0 millimetres (4.25 in) was recorded on the islands during the five days to 03:00 UTC on 10 February as a result of the slow-moving low-pressure system and its associated trough.


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
The BOM indicated that a tropical low had developed on the western border of the Australian region over the central Indian Ocean at 06:00 UTC on 13 February. The tropical low was located in a concentrated area of convection being enhanced by the monsoon trough established across the South-West Indian Ocean cyclone region. Within twelve hours, the tropical had moved westwards out of the Australian region, where Météo-France's office on La Réunion assessed the system as having a low probability of intensification into a tropical cyclone.


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
In the midst of an active pulse of the Madden–Julian oscillation over the tropical western Pacific Ocean, the BOM noted that a tropical low had formed within a low-pressure trough over the northeastern Coral Sea on 15 February. The slow-moving system was assessed as having a very low probability of developing into a tropical cyclone in the short term. The tropical low attained a minimum barometric pressure of 1002 hPa before moving into the South Pacific cyclone region by 17 February, where the system was designated as Tropical Disturbance 08F by the Fiji Meteorological Service.


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Systems, Other systems
Ex-Tropical Cyclone Irondro entered the Australian region at 06:00 UTC on 6 April, located approximately 2,575 km (1,600 mi) to the west-northwest of Perth. Upon entering the region, the Bureau of Meteorology estimated the system's central pressure as 993 hPa (29.32 inHg). At this time, the JTWC assessed the system as a low-end tropical storm, with maximum one-minute sustained winds of 75 km/h (45 mph). The system had commenced extratropical transition around the time of entering the region due to the effects of hostile vertical wind shear and sea surface temperatures decreasing below 25 °C (77 °F). Ex-Irondro was downgraded to a remnant low by 18:00 UTC.


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names, Bureau of Meteorology
The Australian Bureau of Meteorology monitors all tropical cyclones within the region, and assigns names to tropical cyclones that form outside of the areas of responsibility of TCWC Jakarta and TCWC Port Moresby. The names for the 2019–20 season are listed below:


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names, TCWC Jakarta
The tropical cyclone warning centre in Jakarta monitors tropical cyclones from the Equator to 11°S and between the longitudes 90°E and 145°E. If a tropical depression reach tropical cyclone strength within TCWC Jakarta's area of responsibility, it will be assigned the next name from the following list:


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names, TCWC Port Moresby
Tropical cyclones that develop between the Equator and 11°S, between 151°E and 160°E, are assigned names by the tropical cyclone warning centre in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Tropical cyclone formation in this area is rare, and no cyclones have been named in it since 2007. As names are assigned in a random order the whole list is shown below:


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names, Others
If a tropical cyclone enters the Australian region from the South Pacific basin (east of 160°E), it will retain the name assigned to it by the Fiji Meteorological Service (FMS) or MetService. Similarly, if a tropical cyclone enters the Australian region from the South-West Indian Ocean cyclone region (west of 90°E), it will retain the name assigned to it on behalf of Météo-France La Réunion by the Sub-Regional Tropical Cyclone Advisory Centres in Mauritius or Madagascar. This season, the following systems were named in this manner:


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names, Others
Notably, Irondro was the next named cyclone to appear in the region after Harold with the alphabetical sequencing purely coincidental in nature.


2019–20 Australian region cyclone season, Storm names, Retirement
Later in 2020, the Bureau of Meteorology retired the names Damien and Harold, replacing them and Declan and Heath respectively due to the damage caused by both systems in Western Australia and the South Pacific respectively. The name Mangga was also retired from the Jakarta TCWC and replaced with the name Pisang for the next list, also due to damage caused in Western Australia.


2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga
The 2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga was the inaugural season of the Basketball Superliga, the newly established top tier league in Austrian basketball. It was the 74th season of the first tier of basketball in Austria. The Kapfenberg Bulls entered the season as the defending national champions winning the 2018–19 ÖBL season.


2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga
The season was ended prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga, Format
Teams first play each other in the regular season home and away. After this, teams ranked 1–6 and 7-10 are divided in two groups to qualify for the playoffs. In the playoffs, the best eight teams play each other for the national championship in best-of-five series. The two lowest placed teams play against the top two teams of the Basketball Zweite Liga (B2L).


2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga, Teams, Venues and locations
On 6 June 2019, eight licenses were confirmed. Raiffeisen Panthers Fürstenfeld and Vienna DC Timberwolves confirmed later they met the requirements.


2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga, Teams, Venues and locations
On 6 August 2019, it was announced Panthers Fürstenfeld did not receive a licence while SKN St. Pölten entered the league.


2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga, Second stage, Standings group 1–6
Points from the first half of the season were divided by 2.


2019–20 Austrian Basketball Superliga, Second stage, Standings group 7–10
Only matches from involved teams are counted in the table.


2019–20 Austrian Cup
The 2019–20 Austrian Cup was the 89th edition of the national cup in Austrian football. The champions of the cup earn a place in the 2020–21 Europa League group stage.


2019–20 Austrian Cup
Red Bull Salzburg were the defending champions after winning the competition in the previous season by defeating Rapid Wien in the final. Times up to 26 October 2019 and from 29 March 2020 are CEST (UTC+2), and times from 27 October 2019 to 28 March 2020 are CET (UTC+1).


2019–20 Austrian Cup, First round
Thirty–two first round matches were played between 19 and 21 July 2019.


2019–20 Austrian Cup, Second round
Sixteen second round matches were played between 24 and 25 September 2019.


2019–20 Austrian Cup, Third round
Eight third round matches were played between 29 and 30 October 2019.


2019–20 Austrian Cup, Quarter-finals
The quarter-final matches were played between 7 and 9 February 2020.


2019–20 Austrian Cup, Semi-finals
The semi-final matches were played on 4 and 5 March 2020.


2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga
The 2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga, also known as Tipico Bundesliga for sponsorship reasons, was the 108th season of top-tier football in Austria. Red Bull Salzburg are the six-times defending champions.


2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga
In March 2020 the league matches were postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Teams, Changes
Wacker Innsbruck were relegated after just one season. WSG Tirol was promoted as champions of the 2018–19 Austrian Football Second League for the first time since 1970–71 season.


2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Championship round
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded down) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Red Bull Salzburg 24, LASK 21 points, Rapid Wien 20, Wolfsberger AC 19, Sturm Graz 16, and Hartberg 14.The points of Hartberg were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point will be added for this team.


2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Relegation round
The points obtained during the regular season were halved (and rounded down) before the start of the playoff. As a result, the teams started with the following points before the playoff: Austria Wien 12, Rheindorf Altach 12, Admira Wacker Mödling 9, WSG Tirol 9, Mattersburg 9, and St. Pölten 8. The points of Austria Wien, Admira Wacker Mödling, WSG Tirol, and St. Pölten were rounded down – in the event of any ties on points at the end of the playoffs, a half point will be added for these teams.


2019–20 Austrian Football Bundesliga, Europa League play-offs
The winner and the runner-up of the relegation round played a one-legged play-off semi-final match against each other. The winner played a two-legged final against the fifth-placed team from the championship round to determine the third Europa League participant.


2019–20 Austrian Football Second League
The 2019–20 Austrian Football Second League  is the 46th season of the Austrian second-level football league and the second one as the Second League. The league contains 16 teams with one team being promoted to the Austrian Football Bundesliga and 3 teams being relegated to the Austrian Regionalliga.


2019–20 Austrian Football Second League, Teams
Sixteen teams will participate in the 2019–20 season. Promoted teams are Grazer AK from Austrian Regionalliga Central and FC Dornbirn 1913 from Austrian Regionalliga West. No team gained promotion from Austrian Regionalliga East due to the only team to apply for a licence (SK Rapid Wien II) not attaining the required second place.


2019–20 Austrian Football Second League, Teams
The team relegated from the 2018–19 Austrian Football Bundesliga were Wacker Innsbruck.


2019–20 Austrian Hockey League season
The 2019–20 Austrian Hockey League season began on 13 September 2019. The defending champion's are EC KAC.


2019–20 Austrian Hockey League season
Following the conclusion of his previous season Croatian club, KHL Medveščak Zagreb, announced their withdrawal from the EBEL citing financial difficulties. With the reduction to the 11 team league, the EBEL announced changes in the second round of the season, taking place from 26 January 2020.


2019–20 Austrian Hockey League season
The placement round will be reduced to a pool of 5 teams, qualifying automatically for the post-season while each playing 8 games for seeding. The bottom placed 6 teams are drawn into the Qualifying round with each team playing 10 games, with the highest 3 ranked clubs advancing to the post-season.


2019–20 Austrian Hockey League season
The season was prematurely ended on 3 March 2020 due to concerns about the 2020 coronavirus outbreak in Europe.


2019–20 Austrian Hockey League season, Standings, Regular season
()Legend:      Qualified for 2020–21 Champions Hockey League      Qualified for placement round      Qualified for qualification round


2019–20 Austrian Hockey League season, Standings, Placement round
Qualified for 2020–21 Champions Hockey League      Qualified as higher seed      Qualified as lower seed


2019–20 Ayr United F.C. season
The 2019–20 season was Ayr United's 2nd season in the Scottish Championship after being promoted from league one in the 2017–18 season. Ayr also competed in the Challenge Cup, League Cup and the Scottish Cup. On 13 March 2020 all SPFL leagues were indefinitely suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic.


2019–20 Ayr United F.C. season, Summary, Season
Ayr began the season on 3 August 2019 and was scheduled to end on 2 May 2020. On 8 April 2020, the SPFL proposed to end the 2019–20 season by utilising a points per game ratio to determine the final standings. The plan was approved on 15 April 2020, declaring that the season was over, with Dundee United being named as title winners and relegating Partick Thistle to League One.


2019–20 Azad Jammu and Kashmir budget
The Azad Jammu and Kashmir 2019–20 is the Azad Jammu and Kashmir budget of Azad Jammu and Kashmir for the fiscal year beginning from 1 July 2019 and ending on 30 June 2020.


2019–20 Azad Jammu and Kashmir budget
It was presented by Finance and Planning Minister Dr. Najeeb Naqi on 18 June 2019 at the Azad Jammu and Kashmir Assembly with a total outlay of ₨. 121 bln.


2019–20 Azadegan League
The 2019–20 Azadegan League was the 29th season of the Azadegan League and 19th as the second highest division since its establishment in 1991. The season featured 11 teams from the 2018–19 Azadegan League, two new teams relegated from the 2018–19 Persian Gulf Pro League: Sepidrood and Esteghlal Khuzestan and two new teams promoted from the  2018–19 League 2: Khooshe Talaei Saveh, Arman Gohar Sirjan and Nirooye Zamini as champion, runner-up and third placed team respectively. Damash replaced Karoon Arvand Khorramshahr, while Elmoadab Tabriz replaced Shahrdari Tabriz. Khooneh be Khooneh changed their name into Rayka Babol. The league started on 17 August 2019 and was planned to be ended in April 2020 but in March 2020 it was suspended due to COVID-19 pandemic in Iran until June 2020. After suspension, the league was ended on 16 August 2020.


2019–20 Azerbaijan Basketball League
The 2019–20 Azerbaijan Basketball League, is the 27th season of the top professional basketball league in Azerbaijan.


2019–20 Azerbaijan Basketball League, Teams
Eight teams joined the competition. Only 80ies repeated presence from the previous season.


2019–20 Azerbaijan Basketball League, Competition format
The eight clubs played a four-legged round robin tournament where the four first qualified teams would advance to the playoffs. The league started on 10 October 2019.


2019–20 Azerbaijan Basketball League, Playoffs
The semi-finals were played in a best-of-three playoff format and the finals in a best-of-five playoff format (1-1-1-1-1).


2019–20 Azerbaijan Cup
The 2019–20 Azerbaijan Cup is the 28th season of the annual cup competition in Azerbaijan, with Premier League side Gabala being the defending champions.


2019–20 Azerbaijan Cup
On 18 June 2020 the Azerbaijan Cup was abandoned due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.


2019–20 Azerbaijan First Division
The 2019–20 Azerbaijan First Division  is the second-level of football in Azerbaijan.


2019–20 Azerbaijan First Division, Teams
On 8 August 2019, it was announced that Shuvalan wouldn't participate in this season.


2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League
The 2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League was the 28th season of the Azerbaijan Premier League with Qarabağ being the defending champions. The season began on 16 August 2019, before being prematurely ended on 19 June 2020.


2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League, Season events
On 13 March 2020, the Azerbaijan Premier League was postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League, Season events
On 19 June 2020, the AFFA announced that the Azerbaijan Premier League was officially ended without the resumption of the remains matches due to the escalating situation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan. As a result Qarabağ were crowned champions for the seventh season in a row, whilst also qualifying for the 2020–21 UEFA Champions League, with Neftçi, Keşla and Sumgayit qualifying for the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.


2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League, Teams, Personnel and kits
Note: Flags indicate national team as has been defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League, Teams, Foreign players
A team could use only six foreign players on the field in each game.


2019–20 Azerbaijan Premier League, Results
Clubs will play each other four times for a total of 28 matches each.


2019–20 B.League season
The 2019–20 B.League season was the fourth season of the Japanese B.League. The 2020 B. League All-Star Game was played on 18 January 2020 at the Hokkai Kitayell in Sapporo, Hokkaido. At the end of February 2020, the B.League temporarily suspended its competitions for two weeks until 13 March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. However, on 27 March 2020, the B.League canceled the remainder of the season.


2019–20 B.League season, B1, Regular season
The regular season began on 3 October 2019 and originally scheduled to end on 19 April 2020.


2019–20 BBL-Pokal
The 2019–20 BBL-Pokal was the 53rd season of the BBL-Pokal, the domestic cup competition of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL).


2019–20 BBL-Pokal, Participants
The sixteen highest placed teams from the 2018–19 Basketball Bundesliga, without the relegated teams and promoted teams, qualified for the tournament.


2019–20 BBL-Pokal, Round of 16
The games were played between 28 September and 14 October 2019.


2019–20 BBL-Pokal, Semifinals
The draw was held on 15 December 2019. The matches were played on 12 January 2020.


2019–20 BC Zenit Saint Petersburg season
The 2019–20 BC Zenit Saint Petersburg season will be the 17th season in the existence of the club and its 6th season as the team entitled Zenit. The club will play in the VTB United League and EuroLeague.


2019–20 BC Zenit Saint Petersburg season
It will be the second season under head coach Joan Plaza. On 27 June 2019, EuroLeague Basketball announced it awarded Zenit a wild card for the 2019–20 EuroLeague. This season therefore marks Zenit's debut in the highest European tier.


2019–20 BC Zenit Saint Petersburg season
To participate in the tournament, the roster of Zenit was mostly changed - not only foreign but also Russian experienced players left the team: Andrey Desyatnikov, Evgeny Valiev and Sergey Karasev moved to Khimki.


2019–20 BC Zenit Saint Petersburg season
They were changed by also experienced players from other Russian clubs: Andrey Zubkov (from Khimki), Anton Ponkrashov (from UNICS Kazan), Dmitry Khvostov and Mateusz Ponitka (both - from Lokomotiv Kuban) and some players from foreign leagues: Andrew Albicy (from Andorra), Alex Renfroe (from Partizan Belgrade), 	Austin Hollins (from Rasta Vechta), Gustavo Ayón (from Real Madrid), Will Thomas (from Valencia), Colton Iverson and Tim Abromaitis (both - from Iberostar Tenerife).


2019–20 BC Žalgiris season
The 2019–20 BC Žalgiris season is the 76th season in the existence of the club. The club has been playing in the Betsafe-LKL, King Mindaugas Cup and the EuroLeague.


2019–20 BC Žalgiris season, Overview
During the off-season, Aaron White, Brandon Davies, Nate Wolters, Léo Westermann and Deon Thompson left, while Antanas Kavaliauskas announced retirement. Little used guard Donatas Sabeckis was also not re-signed. Lukas Lekavičius returned to the team after two seasons in Greece, and Alex Pérez was signed to replace Westermann. Jock Landale was signed to replace Davies, while Nigel Hayes was signed to replace White. Zach LeDay of Olympiacos was signed to complete the front court.


2019–20 BC Žalgiris season, Overview
Martinas Geben, signed to a long-term deal the previous summer, earned a spot on the roster after a successful season in Juventus Utena in the LKL, where he was named Season MVP. Marius Grigonis, who had a great season, was resigned to new contract. Coach Šarūnas Jasikevičius remained with the team for one more season.


2019–20 BC Žalgiris season, Overview
Žalgiris won the King Mindaugas Cup, getting revenge and beating BC Rytas 80–60 in the finals. Edgaras Ulanovas was named the MVP of the tournament, his fourth such award in Lithuanian Cup competitions.


2019–20 BC Žalgiris season, Overview, Season suspension
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the 2019-20 LKL season was ended prematurely, and with Žalgiris firmly leading the standings, Žalgiris was announced as the champion of the LKL, winning their 10th consecutive LKL championship. On 12 March 2020, Euroleague announced it was suspending its competitions due to the same reason.


2019–20 BC Žalgiris season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team eligibility at FIBA sanctioned events. Players may hold other non-FIBA nationality not displayed.


2019–20 BC Žalgiris season, Competitions, Betsafe-LKL, Results by round
Last updated: May 9, 2020.Source: Competitive matchesGround: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.


2019–20 BC Žalgiris season, Competitions, Betsafe-LKL, Postponed matches
Note: On 13 March 2020, the board of the LKL decided to end the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Along with this decision, they crowned regular season champions Žalgiris as the new Lithuanian champions.


2019–20 BC Žalgiris season, Competitions, EuroLeague, Results by round
Last updated: March 6, 2020.Source: Competitive matchesGround: A = Away; H = Home; R = Rest. Result: L = Loss; W = Win; R = Rest; P = Postponed.


2019–20 BC Žalgiris season, Competitions, King Mindaugas Cup
The 2020 King Mindaugas Cup was 5th instance of the tournament presented to public on 1 December 2015, to replace the LKF Cup and the LKL All-Star Day. Final Four tournament was held in Švyturio arena, Klaipėda. Žalgiris set the new King Mindaugas Cup record, defeating Rytas 80:60  and becoming new Cup holders. Edgaras Ulanovas was named the Finals MVP. Forward scored 13 points, dished three assists, stole the ball twice and recorded 16 efficiency rating. It was the third time Ulanovas became King Mindaugas Cup Finals MVP.


2019–20 BCHL season
The 2019–20 BCHL season was the 58th season of the British Columbia Hockey League (BCHL). The seventeen teams from the Interior, Island and Mainland divisions played 58-game schedules. The 2019 BCHL Showcase Festival occurred shortly after the start of the season, on October 2–3, 2019, in Chilliwack and October 4–5, 2019, in Penticton.


2019–20 BCHL season
In March, teams began playing for the Fred Page Cup, the BCHL championship. However, Hockey Canada cancelled the remainder of the Junior A hockey season in Canada due to the COVID-19 pandemic the day the second round was to get underway. As a result, the BCHL did not award the Fred Page Cup for the first time in its 58-year history.


2019–20 BCHL season, League changes
There were no changes to the league alignment or schedule from the previous season. The league did adopt a new rule allowing the attacking team to choose which side they want to take a faceoff after an icing or penalty call.


2019–20 BCHL season, Standings
Note:  GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, Pts = PointsFinal standings:


2019–20 BCHL season, Post-season, 2020 BCHL Fred Page Cup playoffs, Cancellation of 2020 playoffs
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, North American sports leagues began suspending their seasons on 11 March 2020. The National Hockey League officially suspended the remainder of the season on 12 March 2020, which was followed by Hockey Canada suspending all sanctioned hockey activities in the country later that day. On 13 March 2020, the Canadian Junior Hockey League, in which the BCHL is a member, cancelled the remainder of the 2019–20 CJHL season, which meant the Fred Page Cup playoffs would not be finished, and both the Doyle Cup and Centennial Cup would not be contested. It is the only time in the history of the BCHL that the season ended without crowning a champion.


2019–20 BCHL season, Scoring leaders
GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, P = Points, PIM = Penalties In Minutes


2019–20 BCHL season, Leading goaltenders
Note: GP = Games Played, Mins = Minutes Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, OTL = Overtime Losses, GA = Goals Against, SO = Shutouts, Sv% = Save Percentage, GAA = Goals Against Average.


2019–20 BCL Americas
The 2019–20 Basketball Champions League Americas season was the 13th edition of the top-tier level professional club basketball competition in the Americas and first of the Basketball Champions League Americas (BCLA) since launched by FIBA in September 2019. The competition began in October 2019, with the group stage, and would have been concluded in April 2020. On 14 March 2020, FIBA suspended all of its competitions until further notice due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The competition resumed on 27 October 2020 with an altered format, including a single-match final in Montevideo, Uruguay, on 30 October 2020.


2019–20 BCL Americas
San Lorenzo won the last FIBA Americas League tournament. They were eliminated in the semifinals by eventual winners Quimsa, who went onto beat Flamengo 92–86 in the final to be crowned as the inaugural champions of the Basketball Champions League Americas.


2019–20 BCL Americas, Team allocation
A total of 12 teams from 7 countries will participate in the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League Americas. The participating teams were announced on 1 October 2019.


2019–20 BCL Americas, Team allocation, Teams
League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses.


2019–20 BCL Americas, Team allocation, Teams
The labels in the parentheses show how each team qualified for the place of its starting round:


2019–20 BCL Americas, Group stage
The 12 teams are drawn into four groups of three, while taking into account geographic location. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away, in a round-robin format. The group winners and runners-up advance to the quarterfinals, while the remaining team in each group is eliminated. The group stage started on 28 October and will end on 20 December 2019.


2019–20 BENE-League Handball
The BENE-League Handball 2019-20 was the sixth edition of the multi-intarnational handballcompetition between Belgium and the Netherlands.


2019–20 BENE-League Handball
Final four tournament was held at Maaspoort in 's-Hertogenbosch, the Netherlands, Due to the corona pandemic, the final four was not held. the final ranking of the competition is the final ranking of the regular competition.


2019–20 BFA Senior League
The 2019–20 BFA Senior League was the 29th season of the BFA Senior League, the top division football competition in Bahamas. The season began on 12 January 2020 and was postponed during the sixth round of matches due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The season will be followed by a four-team playoff to determine the champion of the league, who will automatically qualify for the 2021 Caribbean Club Shield. Dynamos are the defending champions from the previous season.


2019–20 BFA Senior League, Regular season
As opposed to the previous season, the two divisions were merged to create a single division of 11 teams. Bahamas First Stars withdrew from the league prior to the first round of matches.


2019–20 BFA Senior League, Playoffs
Following the conclusion of the season, the top four teams in the league will advance to a single-elimination playoff to determine the champion.


2019–20 BIBL season
The 2019–20 BIBL season was the 11th edition of Balkan International Basketball League (BIBL). The competition started October 2019. Five teams participated this season, one from Bulgaria, Montenegro, Albania and two from Kosovo. The league was suspended in March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, initially envisioned to resume with the completion of the final four just prior to the next season and ultimately cancelled in late June.


2019–20 BLNO season
The 2019–20 BLNO was the 20th season of the Basketball League of Norway since its establishment. Kongsberg Miners were the defending champions.


2019–20 BLNO season
On 11 March 2020, the season was ended prematurely due to the coronavirus pandemic.


2019–20 BLNO season, Format
The ten participating teams first played the regular season, that consisted in a round-robin schedule containing three rounds with every team playing each opponent at least once home and once away for a total of 27 matches.


2019–20 BLNO season, Format
At the end of the regular season, the top eight teams qualified for the playoffs.


2019–20 BLNO season, Playoffs
The playoffs were played in a best-of-three games format. During the quarterfinals, the league was cancelled because of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019–20 BSC Young Boys season
The 2019–20 BSC Young Boys season was the club's 95th season in existence and the club's 24th consecutive season in the top flight of Swiss football. In addition to the domestic league, Young Boys participated in this season's editions of the Swiss Cup and the UEFA Champions League. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 30 August 2020.


2019–20 BSC Young Boys season, Players, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 BSC Young Boys season, Players, Out on loan
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 BVIFA National Football League
The 2019–20 BVIFA National Football League was the tenth season of the football league in the British Virgin Islands. The season started on 13 October 2019 and ended on 13 December 2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the season was suspended on 15 March 2020 and did not resume until 26 July 2020.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team
The 2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team represented Brigham Young University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. It was head coach Mark Pope's first season as BYU's head coach and the Cougars ninth season as members of the West Coast Conference (WCC). The Cougars played their home games at the Marriott Center in Provo, Utah. They finished the season 24–8, 13–3 in WCC play to finish in second place. They lost in the semifinals of the WCC Tournament to Saint Mary's. Despite being a virtual lock to receive an at-large bid to the NCAA Tournament, all postseason play was cancelled amid the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Previous season
The Cougars finished the 2018–19 season 19–13, 11–5 in West Coast Conference play to finish tied for second place with Saint Mary's. As the No. 3 seed in the WCC Tournament, they lost to San Diego in the quarterfinals. They were not invited to play in the NCAA or NIT tournament and declined to participate in any other postseason tournament. Shortly after the season ended, longtime head coach Dave Rose announced his retirement. Utah Valley head coach Mark Pope, who previously spent four seasons as an assistant at BYU under Rose, was hired in April to be his replacement.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Previous season
Later in April, Pope announced that he had selected Chris Burgess and Cody Fueger from Utah Valley and Nick Robinson from Southern Utah as his assistant coaches. Average home game attendance for the 16 games played at the Marriott Center for the 2018-19 season was 11,958. This was the second highest attendance in the West behind Arizona and ranked 27th nationwide.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, Departures
During the 2018-19 season, BYU had two seniors that finished their eligibility to play college basketball - McKay Cannon and Luke Worthington. Two years passed since BYU had seniors as part of a basketball team. McKay Cannon transferred to BYU from Weber State University. Despite being a walk-on, Cannon started 18 games during his time at BYU. Luke Worthington played in 130 games (starting 62) and was the only player on the roster with NCAA tournament experience. Worthington will continue with the BYU basketball team as a graduate assistant alongside former teammate Nate Austin.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, Departures
Nick Emery announced his retirement from college basketball via social media in July 2019 saying, "My time here has been rocky at times, but the good times definitely outweighed the bad...I am at a point in life where I am happy with what I've accomplished with basketball and I'm ready to start the next chapter of my life with my wife and son." Emery left BYU with one year of eligibility remaining.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, Departures
In May 2019, Jahshire Hardnett committed to the University of Montana as a graduate transfer. However, due to graduate school admission timing issues, he reopened his recruitment in July 2019. A month later in August, Hardnett decided to transfer to the University of Missouri-Kansas City and will be eligible to play immediately. Rylan Bergersen transferred to the University of Central Arkansas, a Division I program, with two years of eligibility remaining. Bergersen was granted a waiver and was eligible to play immediately. Colby Leifson entered the transfer portal in October 2019, and as of the start of the season, no information was available regarding where he would transfer. On February 5, 2020, Utah Valley University announced Leifson would transfer to UVU with 3 seasons of eligibility remaining.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, Incoming Transfers
With Mark Pope coming as the new head coach to BYU from Utah Valley University (UVU), three players from the UVU basketball team decided to follow Pope and transfer to BYU. First, on April 23, it was announced that Jake Toolson, the 2018-19 Western Athletic Conference (WAC) Player of the Year who had previously played for BYU for two seasons, would transfer back to BYU. During Toolson's second season at BYU, he applied for a medical leave of absence in December 2015.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, Incoming Transfers
Therefore, while Toolson played two additional seasons at UVU, he still had one year of eligibility remaining, and as a graduate transfer, was eligible to play immediately during the 2019-20 season. Before Toolson recommitted to BYU, he was recruited by several schools including Duke, Virginia, Arizona State and Utah State. Jeff Goodman of WatchStadium.com ranked Toolson as one of the top 10 graduate transfers during the offseason. Then on April 24, Wyatt Lowell, a consensus 3-star prospect, announced he would transfer from UVU.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, Incoming Transfers
Lowell, who was the 2018-19 WAC Newcomer of the Year, will sit out the 2019-20 season and will have three years of eligibility remaining. The next month, on May 8, Richard Harward also announced he would be transferring from UVU to BYU with two years of eligibility remaining. As of the start of the season, it had not yet been determined whether Harward would be eligible to play during the 2019-20 season. However, in December, Mark Pope indicated that Harward did not receive a waiver and would not be eligible to play during the 2019-20 season.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, Incoming Transfers
On May 6, Blaze Nield announced via social media that he would transfer from Utah State Eastern with three years of eligibility remaining. While he had scholarship offers from Montana State University, Idaho State University and the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Nield will join BYU as a walk-on. Later in the summer, on July 31, it was reported that Alex Barcello, a consensus 4-star recruit, would transfer from the University of Arizona. He was granted a waiver and was eligible to play immediately.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, Returned Missionaries
Two players were added to the roster during the offseason who recently returned from missionary service. Trevin Knell originally had committed to University of California, Berkeley. However, due to a coaching change at Cal, he decided to play for BYU in May 2017 before leaving on his mission in July. Knell is a consensus 3-star prospect who was part of the 2017 recruiting class. Cameron Pearson joins the team as a walk-on after serving a mission in Chile and utilizing a redshirt year. Pearson was part of the 2016 recruiting class after playing at Chatfield High School in Lakewood, Colorado.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, 2020 Recruiting Class
Six high school players committed to play for BYU from the 2020 recruiting class. Richie Saunders, Dallin Hall, Tanner Hayhurst and Tanner Toolson each plan to complete two-year full-time missionary service before joining the team for the 2022–23 season. Only Townsend Tripple and Caleb Lohner will join the roster for the 2020–21 season. Tripple had originally planned to complete missionary service before joining the team and was assigned to Argentina, but decided to delay his mission trip due to coronavirus and joined the roster as a walk-on.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, 2020 Recruiting Class
In early June, it was reported that Caleb Lohner, a four-star forward from Texas who had previously signed with Utah, requested a release from his National Letter of Intent to sign with BYU. Lohner was released, and on June 26 officially signed with the Cougars. Lohner will be a true freshman and is immediately eligible to play.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, Preseason Polls and Rankings
BYU was selected to finish third in the West Coast Conference in the Preseason Men's Basketball Coaches Poll behind Gonzaga and Saint Mary's. Yoeli Childs and TJ Haws were named to the 2019-2020 All-WCC Pre-season Men's Basketball Team. For the second straight year, Yoeli Childs was among 20 college basketball forwards named to the Karl Malone watch list. The Karl Malone Award selects the nation's top power forward in NCAA college basketball. In early November, before the season began, Yoeli was also named to the list of 50 players to watch for the 2020 Citizen Naismith Trophy Men's Player of the Year as well as the Preseason Top 50 Watch List for The John R. Wooden Award.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, Preseason Polls and Rankings
Several media outlets ranked BYU among the top 100 Division I college basketball preseason teams for the 2019-20 season. The rankings ranged from as high as #41 from Team Rankings and ESPN's BPI ranking to as low as #75 by Sports Illustrated. Some rankings projected BYU as a possible NCAA Tournament team or as a possible NIT Tournament selection. Consistent with the WCC preseason coaches poll, each of the writers projected BYU 3rd among WCC teams. A summary of the various preseason rankings that included BYU is as follows:


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, Preseason Injuries and Suspensions
Several players were injured or were subject to suspensions during the offseason that will affect their ability to play during the regular season. Yoeli Childs was suspended by the NCAA for paperwork errors in the NBA draft exploration process that will cause him to miss the first nine games of the regular season. In August, Zac Seljaas broke his foot during a game in Italy and was estimated to be out until November or December 2019. His recovery progressed rapidly and he was cleared to play by the opening game of the season. Gavin Baxter injured his shoulder in a practice during September which will likely result in his missing the entire 2019-20 season. It was revealed in November that Jesse Wade has for some time had a knee injury which is likely to prevent him from playing for a long term period.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, Italy Trip and Scrimmages
During August, BYU played four games as part of a trip to Italy. BYU won all four games during the 10-day tour of Italy. Every four years, the NCAA permits college basketball teams to take a trip to a foreign country.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Offseason, Italy Trip and Scrimmages
On October 26, just before the regular season began, the team also played a scrimmage against the University of California, Berkeley. While the results and statistics of the scrimmage were not released to the public, Mark Pope indicated that the team played quite well.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Media Coverage, Radio
Greg Wrubell and Mark Durrant return to call men's basketball for the 2019–20 season. Jason Shepherd will fill-in for Greg at Houston and vs. Montana Tech (football/women's soccer conflicts), and Terry Nashif will fill-in for Mark Durrant on select road games.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Media Coverage, Television
In September 2019, the West Coast Conference (WCC) agreed to a multi-year deal through the 2026-27 season with ESPN and the CBS Sports Network to broadcast numerous basketball games each year. Previously, the WCC had an agreement with ESPN, but the new agreement adds additional television coverage of basketball games through the CBS Sports Network. Games broadcast on the CBS Sports Network are carried on channel 158 on the Dish Network, channel 221 on DirecTV and channel 269 on Xfinity.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Media Coverage, Television
Under the terms of the deal, ESPN will broadcast 17 games during the regular season and the CBS Sports Network will broadcast a minimum of 9 games. ESPN will continue to broadcast the quarterfinals, semifinals and the championship game of the WCC Tournament. BYU maintains the rights to broadcast home games on BYUtv (11.1 in Salt Lake City, Utah, channel 374 on the Dish Network, and channel 4369/9403 on DirecTV). Meanwhile Stadium broadcasts will be simulcast on KJZZ or KMYU because Utah doesn't have a Stadium tv affiliate.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries
Series Histories are adjusted this season to show the 47 wins the NCAA had BYU forfeit during the 2015–16 and 2016–17 seasons after BYU lost their appeal. The forfeits aren't added to the loss column. They are merely struck from the win column.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, San Diego State
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer Linton Starting Lineups:


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Kansas
Broadcasters: Dan Shulman & Jay Bilas (ESPN)Marc Kestecher & Malcolm Huckaby (ESPN Radio)Starting Lineups:


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Utah
First game Yoeli Childs is eligible to play after being suspended for the first 9 games for NBA Draft paperwork and agent errors.


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, UNLV
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer Linton Starting Lineups:


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Utah State
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer Linton Starting Lineups:


2019–20 BYU Cougars men's basketball team, Game summaries, Oral Roberts
Broadcasters: Dave McCann, Blaine Fowler, & Spencer Linton Starting Lineups:


2019–20 BYU Cougars women's basketball team
The 2019–20 BYU Cougars women's basketball team represented Brigham Young University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. It was head coach Jeff Judkins's nineteenth season at BYU. The Cougars, members of the West Coast Conference, play their home games at the Marriott Center.


2019–20 BYU Cougars women's basketball team, 2019–20 media, BYU Sports Media
All Cougars home games are scheduled to be shown on BYUtv or on WCC Network (formerly TheW.tv). Conference road games will also be shown on WCC Network. Most regular season road games will be streamed. Streaming partners for those games can be found on the schedule.


2019–20 Bahraini Premier League
The 2019–20 Bahraini Premier League (also known as Nasser Bin Hamad Premier League for sponsorship reasons), is the 63rd top-level football season in Bahrain. The season started on 13 September 2019, and ended on 19 October 2020.


2019–20 Balatonfüredi KSE season
The 2019–20 season will be Balatonfüredi KSE's 13th competitive and consecutive season in the Nemzeti Bajnokság I and 29th year in existence as a handball club.


2019–20 Balatonfüredi KSE season, Statistics, Top scorers
Includes all competitive matches. The list is sorted by shirt number when total goals are equal.


2019–20 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team
The 2019–20 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team represent Ball State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by seventh-year head coach James Whitford, play their home games at Worthen Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.


2019–20 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team, Previous season
The Cardinals finished the 2018–19 season 16–17, 6–12 to finish in fifth place in the MAC West division. They lost in the quarterfinals of the MAC Tournament to Bowling Green.


2019–20 Ball State Cardinals men's basketball team, Schedule and results
* Non-conference game. #Rankings from AP Poll. (#) Tournament seedings in parentheses. All times are in Eastern Time


2019–20 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team
The 2019–20 Ball State Cardinals women's basketball team represented Ball State University during the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. The Cardinals, led by eighth year head coach Brady Sallee, played their home games at Worthen Arena as members of the West Division of the Mid-American Conference.


2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League
The 2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League, known as Credit 24 Champions League for sponsorship reasons, was the 15th edition of the highest level of club volleyball in the Baltic states. The season was cancelled after the quarterfinals in the beginning of March 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Final four games were not played and medals were not awarded to the top teams.


2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League, Participating teams
The following teams took part in the 2019–20 edition of Baltic Men Volleyball League.


2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League, Regular season
All participating 9 clubs are playing according to the triple round robin system.


2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League, Playoffs
The four winners of each series qualified to the Final four, while the other four teams were eliminated.


2019–20 Baltic Men Volleyball League, Final four
The Final four tournament was scheduled to be held at Kuressaare Sports Centre, Kuressaare, Estonia on 13 – 14 March 2020. The tournament was initially postponed due to escalation of the COVID-19 pandemic in Europe. A few days later it was announced that the season was cancelled after the quarterfinals due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Final four games were not played and medals were not awarded to the top teams.


2019–20 Bangalore Super Division
The 2019–20 Bangalore Super Division is the ninth season of the Bangalore Super Division which is the third tier of the Indian association football system and the top tier of the Karnataka football system. The season started on 2 November 2019. Bengaluru FC 'B' were the defending champions. All games were played at Bangalore Football Stadium. The league was contested by top 12 teams from 2018–19 season as well as Income Tax and AGORC who were promoted from 2018–19 Bangalore 'A' division. They replaced Jawahar Union and CIL who were relegated to 2019–20 Bangalore 'A' Division.


2019–20 Bangalore Super Division
Bengaluru FC 'B' defended the title won in 2018–19 season. At the end of the season, Students Union and AGORC were relegated to 'A' Division.


2019–20 Bangladesh Championship League
The 2019-20 Bangladesh Championship League was 8th edition of the  league since its founded 2012 by the Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). A total 13 teams would've participated in the league. The league would've commenced from 28 March 2020. On 16 March 2020, Bangladesh Football Federation  suspended all competition, including this league, due to the coronavirus pandemic. On 20 May 2020, the Federation and Professional Football League Committee officially cancelled this season of the league.


2019–20 Bangladesh Championship League, Venue
All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.


2019–20 Bangladesh Cricket League
The 2019–20 Bangladesh Cricket League was the eighth edition of the Bangladesh Cricket League, a first-class cricket competition. It was held in Bangladesh, running from 31 January to 24 February 2020. The tournament had a smaller set of fixtures than previous editions to accommodate the 2019–20 Dhaka Premier Division Cricket League, and was used as preparation for the first Test match against the Pakistan cricket team. South Zone were the defending champions.


2019–20 Bangladesh Cricket League
In the opening round of matches Tamim Iqbal, batting for East Zone, made the highest score in first-class cricket by a Bangladeshi batsman, with 334 not out. In the final round of matches, South Zone made an unusual declaration, with their score at 114/4, thinking they would prevent Central Zone from earning bonus points and ensuring that they progressed to the final. However, they made a mistake in the points calculation, but still managed to progress after the match was drawn. East Zone also progressed to the final, following their eight wicket win against North Zone.


2019–20 Bangladesh Cricket League
On 16 February 2020, the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) announced that the final would be scheduled to be played across five days, starting on 22 February, unlike the usual four-day matches that were used in the rest of the tournament. South Zone won the tournament, after they beat East Zone by 105 runs in the final.


2019–20 Bangladesh Federation Cup
The 2019–20 Federation Cup, also known as 2019–20 TVS Federation Cup (due to sponsorship reason from TVS Motor Company), was 31st edition of the tournament, the main domestic annual club football  competition in Bangladesh organized by Bangladesh Football Federation. The 13 participants will compete for the tournament. The winner of the tournament will earn the slot of playing preliminary round of 2021 AFC Cup.


2019–20 Bangladesh Federation Cup
Dhaka Abahani are current champions. The club have defeated Bashundhara Kings by 3–1 on 23 November 2018.


2019–20 Bangladesh Federation Cup, Draw
The draw ceremony of the tournament was held on 13 December 2019 at 15:30 BST on the 3rd floor of BFF House Motijheel, Dhaka. The thirteen teams were divided into four groups. The top two teams from each group will move into the Quarter-Finals.


2019–20 Bangladesh Federation Cup, Goalscorers
There have been 51 goals scored in 22 matches, for an average of 2.32 goals per match.


2019–20 Bangladesh Federation Cup, Sponsored by
The title sponsor of 2019–20 Bangladesh Federation Cup is TVS Motor Company.


2019–20 Bangladesh Police FC season
The 2019–20 season was Bangladesh Police Football Club's 48th season since its establishment in 1972 and their first-ever season in the top flight, Bangladesh Premier League.


2019–20 Bangladesh Police FC season
On 16 March 2020, All sorts of sports activities in Bangladesh were postponed until March 31 as a precaution to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Youth and Sports. Following that, Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) postponed all Bangladesh Premier League matches until March 31.


2019–20 Bangladesh Police FC season
On 17 May 2020, The BFF executive committee, following an emergency meeting, declared the 12th edition of the league abandoned, scrapping promotion and relegation while cancelling the Independence Cup from the calendar.


2019–20 Bangladesh Police FC season, Summary, Pre-season
After promoting to the top-tier league, Police FC announced Nicolas Vitorovic as their head coach for upcoming season on August. They signed Antonio Laskov, Luka Rotkovic, Aidar Mambetaliev, former Kyrgyzstan international Artur Muladjanov & Victor Onyilo to fill up foreign quota. However, Victor was replaced by Puerto Rico national team captain Sidney Rivera. They also signed Bangladesh origin American footballer Sanjay Karim, which made headlines. He practiced with the team for 2 months but couldn't play in domestic leagues & cups as he doesn't have ITC. So his contract was terminated in January 2019.


2019–20 Bangladesh Police FC season, Summary, Pre-season
Police FC played 4 friendlies in October & November. Police FC participated in a pre-season tournament Mymensingh DFA Challenge Cup, along with Saif SC & Chittagong Abahani. The first game was won in tie-breaker against Chittagong Abahani. The second game also won against Saif SC in tie-breaker & Police FC qualified for the final. The final match was lost by 1–0 against Chittagong Abahani & ended the pre-season with runners-up medal.


2019–20 Bangladesh Police FC season, Summary, December
Police FC started 2019–20 season on 18 December. They played their first Federation Cup game in 30 years. The match was lost by 4–0 against Dhaka Abahani. However, the second game was won by 3–1 against Arambagh KS on 21 December & qualified for quarterfinal. Sidney scored a brace & Shadin scored other in added time. In quarterfinal, Police FC faced Saif SC on 31 December. The match was also won by 3–1. Sidney scored a back to back brace when Bablu scored other. Police FC qualified for the first-ever semi-final of their history.


2019–20 Bangladesh Police FC season, Summary, January
On 3 January, the Federation Cup semi-final was lost by 3–0 against defending runners-up Bashundhara Kings. Thus, the Federation Cup campaign of Police FC ended.


2019–20 Bangladesh Police FC season, Summary, February
On 16 February, Police FC started their first BPL season against defending runners-up Dhaka Abahani. The match was lost by 2–0. On 20 February, Police FC held defending champion Bashundhara Kings by 1-1. Nurul Faisal of Bashundhara scored an own goal. Police faced another newly promoted team Uttar Baridhara on 24 February. Police FC won the match by 2-1 & grabbed their first victory as Sidney & Laskov found the net.


2019–20 Bangladesh Police FC season, Summary, March
Police FC were held by Brother Union on 6 march. Bablu scored the goal for Police & the natch ended in 1-1. On 13 March, Police FC tested second defeat against Rahmatganj MFS by 2–0.


2019–20 Bangladesh Police FC season, Summary, March
The other matches of the month were postponed due to COVID-19 pandemic .


2019–20 Bangladesh Police FC season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League
The 2019–20 BPL season, also known as BPL 7 or Bangabandhu BPL Presented by Akash DTH and Powered by TVS (for sponsorship reasons), was the seventh season of the Bangladesh Premier League (BPL), the top level professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh. The competition was organised by the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB). The season was scheduled to originally start from 6 December 2019 and end on 11 January 2020, with the opening ceremony to be held on 3 December 2019. Comilla Victorians were the defending champions. However, the tournament was delayed by five days and started on 11 December 2019 and ended on 17 January 2020, with the opening ceremony held on 8 December 2019.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League
Chittagong Vikings were announced as not taking part in this edition of the tournament after their ownership was sold, and were replaced by two new teams. A total of eight teams were originally scheduled to participate in this edition of the tournament, with contracts of pre-signed cricketers being cancelled until the players' draft. However, the idea was cancelled, with the number of teams being reverted to seven, and Chittagong Vikings being renamed to Chattogram Challengers and reinstated after the change of format by the BCB.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League
In the final match, Rajshahi Royals defeated Khulna Tigers by 21 runs to win their first ever BPL title. Rajshahi Royals captain Andre Russell won both Player of the match and Player of the Tournament award for his all-round performances. Rilee Rossouw was the leading run scorer in the tournament with 495 runs while the leading wicket-taker were tied with four players with 20 wickets.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League, Changes of rules
On 11 September 2019, BCB president Nazmul Hasan Papon informed the media about certain changes in rules and regulations for the ongoing season during a press briefing. Due to having some conflict of interests between BPL Governing Council and all other franchises, the BCB decided to run this edition of the BPL themselves without taking any franchises. The Board wanted to mark the occasion of the 100th birth anniversary of Bangabandhu in 2020 and to pay homage to him, the tournament was named Bangabandhu BPL after him.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League, Changes of rules
The teams names were same as they were and only the responsibility to manage the team was on the BCB. The players’ transportation and accommodation was managed by the board. On 13 November 2019, the sponsorship and names of Chittagong, Dhaka, Khulna, Rajshahi and Sylhet teams were confirmed. The Comilla and Rangpur teams were sponsored by BCB themselves.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League, Draft and squads
The players' draft was scheduled to be held on 12 November 2019. However, the tournament was delayed by five days and the draft was held on 17 November 2019. Out of 7 teams, 5 teams are sponsored by private corporate firms while 2 teams are sponsored by BCB itself.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League, Draft and squads
On 16 November 2019, BPL Governing Council unveiled the logo for this season and the names of the participating 7 teams. The squads were confirmed during the draft.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League, League stage
A total of 42 matches will played in the league stage, with 24 matches played in Dhaka, 6 matches in Sylhet and 12 in Chittagong.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League (football)
The 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League is the 12th season of the Bangladesh Premier League since its establishment in 2007. A total of 13 football clubs will compete in the league. Bashundhara Kings are the defending champions. Bangladesh Police FC and Uttar Baridhara SC entered as the promoted teams from the 2018–19 Bangladesh Championship League.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League (football)
The season began on 13 February 2020 and was suspended on 15 March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Bangladesh. On 17 May 2020, the league was declared void by the BFF executive committee.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League (football), Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic
On 16 March 2020, All sorts of sports activities in Bangladesh were postponed until March 31 as a precaution to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League (football), Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) postponed all Bangladesh Premier League and Women's Football League matches until March 31.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League (football), Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic
On 17 May 2020, The BFF executive committee, following an emergency meeting, declared the 12th edition of the league abandoned, scrapping promotion and relegation while cancelling the Independence Cup from the calendar.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League (football), Foreign players
Bold names refer to international players who have already played or are still playing.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League (football), Results, Positions by round
The following table lists the positions of teams after each week of matches. In order to preserve the chronological evolution, any postponed matches are not included to the round at which they were originally scheduled but added to the full round they were played immediately afterward.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League (football), Statistics, Goalscorers
There have been 95 goals scored in 36 matches, for an average of 2.64 goals per match (as of 15 March 2020).


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League Final
The 2020 Bangladesh Premier League Final was a day/night Twenty20 cricket played between Khulna Tigers Rajshahi Royals on 17 January 2020 at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Dhaka to determine the winner of the 2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League, a special edition of professional Twenty20 cricket league in Bangladesh. Rajshahi Royals won the match by 21 runs as they won their first ever BPL title.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Background
In the Eliminator Chattogram Challengers defeated Dhaka Platoon by 7 wickets, and reached to Qualifier 2. As a result of this match BPL going to witness a new champion under a new captain.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Background
In the Qualifier 1 top ranked Khulna Tigers, batting first could only manage a sub-per 158 runs courtesy of Nazmul Hossain Shanto's 78*, in reply Rajshahi Royals lost five wickets in powerplay and kept losing wickets in regular interval on the other hand Shoaib Malik who scored 80 runs could not find any support from other end, while Tiger's Mohammad Amir picking up 6-fer, recorded the best bowling figures in BPL history (6/17). At the end, Royals fell short of 27 runs before being all out the in last ball of their innings and Khulna sealed their spot in the BPL final for the first time.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Background
In the Qualifier 2, Chattogram Challengers, the winner of Eliminator, being asked to bat first by Rajshahi Royals, loser of the Qualifier 1, could manage a per-total of 164 losing 9 wickets with the help of Chris Gayle's quickfire 60 off 24 balls and two 30+ contributions by Mahmudullah and Asela Gunaratne while no other batsman could manage double-digit runs. In reply, Royals were again in trouble losing 3 wickets in powerplay and kept losing wickets in regular interval.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Background
At the end of the 15th over they could manage only 89 runs while the still need 76 runs in last 5 overs. But Andre Russell held his nerves and scored a quickfire 54* runs of 22 balls to bring the win for his team by 2 wickets with 4 balls to spare and Rajshahi sealed their berth in the Final for the second time.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Report, Rajshahi Royals innings
The Khulna Tigers won the toss and sent the Rajshahi Royals to bat first. Opener Afif Hossain got out cheaply but Liton Das along with Irfan Sukkur made a 50+ partnership with the latter scoring 52 off 35 balls. though two quick wickets of Shoaib Malik and Sukkur did not bother much to the Royals. At the end, Mohammad Nawaz's quickfire 41 off 20 and skipper Andre Russell's 27 off 16 balls gave the Royals a respectable total of 170/4.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Report, Khulna Tigers innings
In reply, Najmul Hossain Shanto got out on the second ball of the innings. Both the openers were dismissed cheaply. Shamsur Rahman and Rilee Rossouw tried to recover from the situation with a 74-run partnership for the third wicket - the former scored 52 off 43 balls. After the fall of Rossouw, the Tigers kept on losing wickets on regular interval. Tigers skipper Mushfiqur Rahim could only manage 21 off 15 balls before being bowled. Their tail-enders also failed. The Tigers could manage 149 runs losing 8 wickets in their 20 overs resulting in Rajshahi Royals winning by 21 runs.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League Final, Final, Summary
Andre Russell, skipper of Rajshahi Royals received the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance as he scored 27 off 16 balls and chipped in with 2 wickets for 32 runs in his 4 overs. "DreRuss" (Russell) also received the Player of the Tournament award for his all-round performances as he gathered 225 runs in 12 innings with an average of 56.25 and picked up 14 wickets in 12 innings as well as leading his side for their maiden BPL title.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft
During the player's direct signing period, a Conflict of Interests aroused between BCB and all other franchise. Subsequently, in September BCB President Nazmul Hasan Papon informed the media about certain changes in rules and regulations for the ongoing season and eliminating all franchises, BCB took over the charge of the current BPL and decided to run this current tournament by the board itself and named the tournament as Bangabandhu BPL T20 2019 in order to pay homage to Sheikh Mujibur Rahman on his birth centenary.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft
On 16 November 2019, BCB unveiled the logo and name of the all seven teams for the current season. 5 out of 7 teams were sponsored by private companies while Rangpur Rangers and Cumilla Warriors are sponsored by BCB itself. Chattogram Challengers is sponsored by Akhtar Furnishers, Dhaka Platoon is sponsored by Jamuna Bank, Khulna Tigers is sponsored by Premier Bank Limited, Rajshahi Royals by IPC Group and Sylhet Thunder is sponsored by Jivani Footwear Company.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft
The players auction for the 2019 Bangabandhu BPL T20 was held on 17 November 2019 at the Hotel Radisson, Dhaka. A total of 181 domestic players and 439 foreign players signed up for the players' draft.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft, Draft Summary
A total of 620 player, 181 domestic and 439 foreign players from 22 nations signed up for draft.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft, Salary Cap
Domestic players were divided into 6 categories while Foreign players were divided into 5 categories.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft, Players' list, Domestic players
Domestic players with A+, A, B and C category are listed here.


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft, Players' list, Foreign players
Foreign players with A+, A and B category players are listed below


2019–20 Bangladesh Premier League players' draft, Direct signings
Note: Grade and Base Prices to Direct signed players may not be applicable. It is given here to show that whether the particular player signed up for the draft or not.


2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series
The 2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series was a cricket tournament that took place in September 2019. It was a tri-nation series between Bangladesh, Afghanistan and Zimbabwe with all the matches played as Twenty20 Internationals (T20Is).


2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series
Zimbabwe lost their first three matches of the series, therefore, Bangladesh and Afghanistan progressed to the final. No play was possible in the final due to rain, therefore Bangladesh and Afghanistan shared the trophy.


2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series, Background
Originally, the Afghanistan cricket team were scheduled to tour Bangladesh in October 2019 to play one Test and two T20I matches. On 27 June 2019, it was announced that both the Bangladesh Cricket Board (BCB) and the Afghanistan Cricket Board (ACB) decided to replace the bi-lateral series with a tri-nation series, with these two teams joined by Zimbabwe. The tri-series started on 13 September, with the final scheduled to be held on 24 September.


2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series, Background
However, in July 2019, the International Cricket Council (ICC) suspended Zimbabwe Cricket, with the team barred from taking part in ICC events. Despite the suspension by the ICC, Zimbabwe Cricket confirmed that they would still participate in the tri-series, as they could still play against other ICC members. The BCB confirmed the schedule for the tour in August 2019.


2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series, Background
Following the 2019 Cricket World Cup, where Afghanistan lost all of their matches, Rashid Khan was named as the new captain of the Afghanistan cricket team across all three formats. Zimbabwe's captain, Hamilton Masakadza, retired from international cricket following the conclusion of the tri-series. Following the series, Zimbabwe played in another tri-series, in Singapore.


2019–20 Bangladesh Tri-Nation Series, Squads
Bangladesh added Najmul Hossain Shanto, Rubel Hossain, Aminul Islam, Shafiul Islam and Mohammad Naim for the third and fourth T20Is, while Yeasin Arafat, Mahedi Hasan and Soumya Sarkar were dropped from the squad for the last two T20Is.


2019–20 Bangladesh Women's Football League
The 2019–20 Bangladesh Women's Football League, also known as the Tricotex Bangladesh Women's Football League due to sponsorship reason, it was the 3rd season of domestic women's club football competition in Bangladesh hosted and organized by Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF). In this edition, 7 teams were participated.


2019–20 Bangladesh Women's Football League
The league has begun from 22 February 2020. On 16 March Bangladesh suspended all competition due to the coronavirus pandemic. However, BFF said that the league season will resume in early November.


2019–20 Bangladesh Women's Football League, Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic
On 16 March 2020, All sorts of sports activities in Bangladesh were postponed until 31 March as a precaution to combat the spread of coronavirus in the country, according to a press release issued by the Ministry of Youth and Sports.


2019–20 Bangladesh Women's Football League, Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic
Bangladesh Football Federation (BFF) postponed all Bangladesh Premier League and Women's Football League matches until 31 March.


2019–20 Bangladesh Women's Football League, Effects of the 2020 coronavirus pandemic
In August 2020, BFF's women's football committee chairman Mahfuza Akter Kiron stated that the postponed season of Bangladesh Women's Football League will resume in the first week of November. They also asked the clubs to start preparation through letters.


2019–20 Bangladesh Women's Football League, Venue
All matches were held at the BSSS Mostafa Kamal Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh.


2019–20 Bangladesh Women's Football League, Teams
Seven teams participated in the league. Former champions Abahani Limited Dhaka not participating in this edition. Every team will play for first time in the league. Begum Anowara Sporting Club first time participate of women football league. Bashundhara Kings is the only team from men's premier league to participate. Sheikh Jamal Dhanmondi Club & Sheikh Russel KC were about to participate but withdrew their name just before the transfer window ends while Cumilla United & MK Gallactico Sylhet confirmed their participation lately.


2019–20 Barnsley F.C. season
The 2019–20 season was Barnsley's first season back in the EFL Championship since 2017–18. Aside of the Championship, they participated in the FA Cup and the EFL Cup. The season covered the period from 1 July 2019 to 20 July 2020.


2019–20 Barnsley F.C. season, Pre-season
The Reds have announced pre-season friendlies against Stalybridge Celtic, Toulon, VfL Bochum, Arminia Bielefeld and Sheffield United.


2019–20 Barnsley F.C. season, Competitions, Championship, Matches
On Thursday, 20 June 2019, the EFL Championship fixtures were revealed.


2019–20 Barnsley F.C. season, Competitions, FA Cup
The third round draw was made live on BBC Two from Etihad Stadium, Micah Richards and Tony Adams conducted the draw. The fourth round draw was made by Alex Scott and David O'Leary on Monday, 6 January.


2019–20 Bashundhara Kings season
The 2019–20 season is Bashundhara Kings's 3rd professional season since its creation in 2013, and its second consecutive season in the top-flight of Bangladesh football. The season began on 13 February 2020 and was suspended on 15 March 2020, due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the Bangladesh. On 17 May 2020, the league was declared void by the BFF executive committee.


2019–20 Bashundhara Kings season, Current squad
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga
The 2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga, known as the easyCredit BBL for sponsorship reasons, was the 54th season of the Basketball Bundesliga (BBL), the top-tier level of professional club basketball in Germany, held from 24 September 2019 to 28 June 2020. The defending champion was Bayern Munich.


2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga
Alba Berlin won the final tournament and their ninth title.


2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga
Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the league postponed matchday 23 and monitored the situation. On 25 March, the league was suspended until 30 April. The season will be finished with ten teams playing at a neutral venue.


2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga, Teams, Team changes
This was the first season in which teams were required to have a minimum budget of €3 million and a minimum equity of €250,000. Seventeen clubs obtained a license for this season.


2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga, Teams, Team changes
Hamburg Towers were promoted to the BBL after winning the 2018–19 ProA, while Nürnberg Falcons were promoted as runner-up but were unable to obtain a license. Eisbären Bremerhaven and Science City Jena were relegated.


2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga, Regular season
In the regular season, teams would have  played against each other two times home-and-away in a round-robin format. The eight first qualified teams would advanced to the playoffs. The last placed team would have been relegated to the ProA for next season.


2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga, End of season tournament
Because of the COVID-19 pandemic in Germany, the board of the BBL decided on 27 April to continue the season in a tournament format. The nine highest-placed teams in the regular season and Frankfurt will play behind closed doors. On 19 May, the Bavarian government allowed the tournament to be held at the Audi Dome in Munich. The schedule was announced on 20 May 2020.


2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga, Awards and statistics, Major award winners
Only the Finals MVP was recorded, all other awards were cancelled.


2019–20 Basketball Bundesliga, Awards and statistics, Statistics
The statistics account for the regular season before it was suspended on matchday 23.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League
The 2019–20 Basketball Champions League is the fourth season of the Basketball Champions League (BCL), a European-wide professional basketball competition for clubs, that was launched by FIBA. The competition began in September 2019, with the qualifying rounds, and was supposed to conclude in May 2020. On 12 March 2020, the competition was suspended because of the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League
San Pablo Burgos won its first Champions League title after defeating AEK.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Format changes
For this season, eight teams will come from two qualifying rounds. The round of 16 and quarter-finals changed to best-of-three playoff series instead of two legs. From this season no teams were sent from the regular season to the FIBA Europe Cup, which was the case in each previous BCL season.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Format changes, Changes due to the 2020 coronavirus pandemics
On 12 March 2020, FIBA suspended all its competitions, including the BCL, due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 31 March, the BCL decided the season will have to be finished with a "Final Eight" tournament planned for 30 September until 4 October. The tournament is to be held in a single venue and will be a single-elimination tournament. Two games which were still not played in the Round of 16 will be played beforehand.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Eligibility of players
In 2017, FIBA agreed to adopt eligibility rules, forcing the clubs to have at least 5 home-grown players in rosters of 11 or 12 players, or at least four, if the team has got fewer players.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Team allocation
A total of 48 teams from 29 countries will participate in the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League. On June 24, 2019, Benfica entered in the first qualifying round and Mornar were upgraded to the second qualifying round after the Openjobmetis Varese's withdrawal.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Team allocation, Teams
League positions after eventual playoffs of the previous season shown in parentheses (FEC: FIBA Europe Cup title holders).


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Draw
The 16 teams that entered in the first round were divided into two pots. Seeded teams would play the second leg at home.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds, First qualifying round
A total of 16 teams will play in the first qualifying round. The first legs will be played on 17 September, while the second legs on 20 September 2019.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Qualifying rounds, Second qualifying round
A total of 16 teams will play in the second qualifying round: eight teams which enter in this round, and the eight winners of the first qualifying round. The first legs will be played on 26 September, while the second legs on 29 September 2019.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Regular season
The 32 teams are drawn into four groups of eight, with the restriction that teams from the same country cannot be drawn against each other. In each group, teams play against each other home-and-away, in a round-robin format. The group winners, runners-up, third-placed teams and fourth-placed teams, advance to the round of 16, while the remaining four teams in each group of the Regular Season will be eliminated.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Regular season
A total of 32 teams play in the regular season: 24 teams which enter in this stage, and the eight winners of the second qualifying round. The regular season will start on 8 October 2019 and end on 5 February 2020.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Regular season, Draw
Teams were divided into two pots according to the club ranking published by the organization. Twelve teams were named seeded teams while the rest would be unseeded teams. The seeded teams will be split, allocating three per group.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Regular season, Draw
Firstly, the eight teams from qualifying round will be split in the four groups, with a maximum of two teams per group.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Playoffs
In the playoffs, teams play against each other over two legs on a best-of-three basis, except for the Final Four. In the playoffs draw, the group winners and the runners-up are seeded, and the third-placed teams and the fourth-placed teams are unseeded. The seeded teams are drawn against the unseeded teams, with the seeded teams hosting the second leg. Teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Playoffs, Round of 16
The first legs were played on 3–4 March, the second legs on 10–11 March. Third legs will be played on 16 September 2020.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Final Eight
The concluding Final Eight tournament will be played in Athens, Greece, between 30 September and 4 October 2020.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Final Eight, Quarterfinals
The quarterfinals were played on 30 September and 1 October 2020.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Final Eight, Third place game
The third place game was played on 4 October 2020.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Awards, Season awards
The annual season awards were announced on 28 and 29 September.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League, Awards, Game Day MVP
After each gameday a selection of five players with the highest efficiency ratings is made by the Basketball Champions League. Afterwards, the official website decides which player is crowned Game Day MVP.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League Playoffs
The 2019–20 Basketball Champions League Playoffs will begin on 3 March, and will end on 3 May, with the Final, which will decide the champions of the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League. 16 teams compete in the play-offs.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Format
The playoffs involved the sixteen teams which qualified between the four first teams of each of the four groups in the 2019–20 Basketball Champions League Regular season.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Format
The group winners will face the fourth qualified teams and the runners-up will play against the third qualified teams. Winners and runners-up will play the second leg at home. In addition, the winners of the matches involving the group winners will play also the first match and the third, if necessary, of the quarterfinals at home.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Format
Each tie in the Playoffs, apart from the Final Four games, will be played with best-of-three playoff format, with the seeded team playing matches 1 and 3 if necessary at home.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Format
For the round of 16, teams from the same group cannot be drawn against each other.


2019–20 Basketball Champions League Playoffs, Format
Due to the coronavirus pandemic the format was changed and a Final Eight replaced the quarterfinals.


2019–20 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina
The 2019–20 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina was the 19th season of this championship, with 12 teams from Bosnia and Herzegovina participating in it. HKK Široki were the defending champion. On 13 March 2020, season was ended prematurely because of the coronavirus pandemic, naming Igokea as new champion.


2019–20 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Competition format
Twelve teams would join the regular season, played with as double round-robin tournament. Igokea joined the competition, although they declined to participate previous season.


2019–20 Basketball Championship of Bosnia and Herzegovina, Teams and locations
Čapljina Lasta, Leotar, and Promo DV were promoted from the previous season.


2019–20 Basketball Cup of Serbia
The 2019–20 Basketball Cup of Serbia is the 14th season of the Serbian 2nd-tier men's cup tournament.


2019–20 Basketball Cup of Serbia
On 24 December 2019, the finalist Radnički Beograd qualified for the 2020 Radivoj Korać Cup. On the next day, Sloboda qualified for the Cup also.


2019–20 Basketball League of Serbia
The 2019–20 Basketball League of Serbia (Serbian Cyrillic: Кошаркашка лига Србије 2019–20.) is the 14th season of the Basketball League of Serbia, the highest professional basketball league in Serbia. Also, it's the 76th national championship played by Serbian clubs inclusive of nation's previous incarnations as Yugoslavia and Serbia & Montenegro.


2019–20 Basketball League of Serbia
The regular season began in October 2019 and ended in March 2020. The SuperLeague season was suspended prior to its start due to the COVID-19 pandemic. On 28 May 2020, the League Assembly canceled definitely the season due to the COVID-19 pandemic.


2019–20 Basketball League of Serbia
Crvena zvezda mts was the defending champion and as a consequence of the COVID-19 pandemic, the League Assembly decided not to recognize any team as the champion for the season. The SuperLeague season would have been played in April and May 2020. The playoffs would have been played in June 2020.


2019–20 Basketbol Süper Ligi
The 2019–20 Basketbol Süper Ligi was the 54th season of the Basketbol Süper Ligi, the top-tier level professional club basketball league in Turkey. On 19 March 2020, the league was suspended due to the coronavirus pandemic in Turkey. On 11 May 2020, it was declared the season was cancelled by Turkish Basketball Federation.


2019–20 Basketbol Süper Ligi, Teams
On 5 May 2019,  Bursaspor Durmazlar promoted to the BSL as the champions of the Turkish First League. It will be their first season in the Süper Ligi. OGM Ormanspor promoted to the BSL for the first time in club history as winners of the TBL play-offs.


2019–20 Basketbol Süper Ligi, Teams
Sakarya BB was relegated after finishing last in the 2018–19 BSL.


2019–20 Basketbol Süper Ligi, Teams
On 1 July 2019, Banvit B.K. changed its name as Bandırma B.İ.K..


2019–20 Basketbol Süper Ligi, Teams
On 16 September 2019 Istanbul BB announced that they withdrew from league due to financial issues. Instead of them, Sigortam.net İTÜ will play in the league.


2019–20 Basketbol Süper Ligi, Rules
Each team is allowed to sign with ten foreign players, only five of them are allowed to be on the match day squad. In every round, teams can include different players from their foreign player pool.


2019–20 Basketbol Süper Ligi, Regular season, Awards
All official awards of the 2019–20 Basketbol Süper Ligi .


2019–20 Basketligaen
The 2019–20 Basketligaen is the 45th season of the highest professional basketball tier in Denmark. The season started on 22 September 2019 and was scheduled to end on 13 May 2020. On 17 March 2020, the season was ended prematurely because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Based on the standings at that time, the Bakken Bears were named Danish champions, defending its title.


2019–20 Basketligaen, Competition format
Teams were divided into two groups: Pro A, joined by the best five teams in the previous season, and Pro B, the rest of the teams. Each team was scheduled to play four times against each other team in their group, and twice with teams from the other group.


2019–20 Basketligaen, Competition format
The five teams of Pro A and the best three of Pro B qualified for playoffs.


2019–20 Basketligaen, Teams
Amager joined the league after an absence of nine years.


2019–20 Basketligaen, Playoffs
The playoffs were not played as all games were cancelled in March.


2019–20 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season
The 2019–20 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season was the 116th season in the football club's history and 41st consecutive and overall season in the top flight of German football, the Bundesliga, having been promoted from the 2. Bundesliga Nord in 1979. In addition to the domestic league, Bayer Leverkusen also participated in this season's editions of the domestic cup, the DFB-Pokal, and the top-tier continental cup, the UEFA Champions League, as well as the UEFA Europa League. This was the 61st season for Leverkusen in the BayArena, located in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. The season covered a period from 1 July 2019 to 10 August 2020.


2019–20 Bayer 04 Leverkusen season, Players, Squad information
Note: Flags indicate national team as defined under FIFA eligibility rules. Players may hold more than one non-FIFA nationality.


2019–20 Baylor Bears basketball team
The 2019–20 Baylor Bears basketball team were represented by Baylor University in the  2019–20 NCAA Division I men's basketball season. The Bears were led by 17th-year head coach Scott Drew and played their games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas as members of the Big 12 Conference.


2019–20 Baylor Bears basketball team, Previous season
The Bears finished the 2018–19 season 20–14 overall and 10–8 in Big 12 play, finishing in fourth place. As the No. 4 seed in the Big 12 Tournament, they were defeated by Iowa State in the quarterfinals. They received a no. 9 seed the NCAA Tournament where they defeated Syracuse in the first round before losing to Gonzaga in the second round.


2019–20 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team
The 2019–20 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team represented Baylor University in the 2019–20 NCAA Division I women's basketball season. Returning as head coach was Hall of Famer Kim Mulkey for her 20th season. The team played their home games at the Ferrell Center in Waco, Texas and were members of the Big 12 Conference.


2019–20 Baylor Lady Bears basketball team, Previous season
The Lady Bears finished the 2018–19 season ranked #1 in the nation, with a record of 37–1, 18–0 in Big 12 to win the Big 12 regular season title. They also won the Big 12 Women's Tournament and earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Women's Tournament, where they advanced to defeat Notre Dame in the championship game for the third title in team history.


2019–20 Belarusian Cup
2019–20 Belarusian Cup is the twenty-ninth season of the Belarusian annual cup competition. Contrary to the league season, it is conducted in a fall-spring rhythm. It started in 22 May 2019 and will conclude with a final match in May 2020. Winners of the Cup will qualify for the second qualifying round of the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League.


2019–20 Belarusian Cup, First Round
In this round 6 amateur clubs were drawn against 6 Second League clubs. The draw was performed on 3 May 2019. The matches were played on 22 May 2019.


2019–20 Belarusian Cup, Second Round
In this round 6 winners of the First Round were joined by another 22 clubs. The draw was performed on 23 May 2019. The matches were played on 12 June 2019.


2019–20 Belarusian Cup, Round of 32
In this round 14 winners of the Second Round were joined by another 18 clubs. The draw was performed on 13 June 2019. The matches were played on 24–28 July 2019. Four matches involving European Cups participants were played earlier, on 26 June 2019.


2019–20 Belarusian Cup, Round of 16
The draw was performed on 29 July 2019. The matches will be played on 3 and 4 August 2019.


2019–20 Belarusian Cup, Final
The final was played on 24 May 2020 at Dinamo Stadium in Minsk.


2019–20 Belarusian Premier League (basketball)
The 2019–20 Belarusian Premier League season was the 28th season of the top tier basketball league in Belarus. The season started on 21 September 2019, the season was suspended after 14 March 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. A concluding Final Four tournament was organised in September 2020. Tsmoki-Minsk defended its title.


2019–20 Belarusian Premier League (basketball), Competition format
Ten teams joined the regular season, that consisted in a four-legged round-robin competition, later dividing all the teams into two groups. The six teams of the Group A and the two best of the Group B joined the playoffs.


2019–20 Belarusian Premier League (basketball), Final Four
To conclude the season, a final four round-robin tournament was held in September 2020. Tsmoki-Minsk, Rubon, Borisfen and BK Grodno-93 played one game against each other. Tsmoki-Minsk defended its title, finishing with an unbeaten 3–0 record.


2019–20 Belarusian Premier League (basketball), Belarusian clubs in European competitions
Borisfen made its debut in European competitions. However, it was eliminated in the qualifying round of the FIBA Europe Cup.


2019–20 Belgian Cup
The 2019–20 Belgian Cup was the 65th season of Belgium's annual football cup competition. The competition began on 26 July 2019 and ended with the final on 1 August 2020. The winners of the competition qualified for the 2020–21 UEFA Europa League Group Stage. KV Mechelen were the defending champions, but were unable to defend their title as the club got banned from the competition for one season  after being found guilty of match-fixing as part of the 2017–19 Belgian football fraud scandal.


2019–20 Belgian Cup, Competition format
The competition consisted of ten rounds. Except for the semi-finals, all rounds are single-match elimination rounds. When tied after 90 minutes in the first three rounds, penalties are taken immediately. In rounds four to seven and the quarterfinals, when tied after 90 minutes first an extra time period of 30 minutes are played, then penalties are taken if still necessary. The semi-finals will be played over two legs, where the team winning on aggregate advances. The final will be played as a single match.


2019–20 Belgian Cup, Competition format
Teams enter the competition in different rounds, based upon their 2019–20 league affiliation. Teams from the fifth-level Belgian Third Amateur Division or lower began in round 1. Belgian Second Amateur Division teams entered in round 2, Belgian First Amateur Division teams entered in round 3, Belgian First Division B teams in round 5 and finally the Belgian First Division A teams enter in round 6. With KV Mechelen being banned from the competition, one of the Belgian First Division B teams (Union SG) was drawn randomly to receive a bye in round 5 and progress automatically to round 6.


2019–20 Belgian Cup, First round
This round of matches were played on 27, 28 & 29 July 2019 and included teams playing in the Belgian Third Amateur Division and Belgian Provincial Leagues. Teams from the Belgian Third Amateur Division were seeded and could not play each other.


2019–20 Belgian Cup, Fifth round
Non -professional teams (tiers 3 and below) always receive the home advantage when playing professional teams, if their stadium meets the seating and safety requirements. As a result Lokeren and Roeselare had to give up their home advantage in this round.


2019–20 Belgian Cup, Sixth round
The draw for the sixth round was made on 26 August 2019 and included the teams from the Belgian First Division A and Union SG, the latter replacing KV Mechelen which were banned from the competition after being found guilty of match-fixing. The 16 teams entering at this stage were seeded and could not meet each other.


2019–20 Belgian Cup, Seventh Round
The draw for the seventh round was made immediately after the last game of the sixth round, between Antwerp and Lokeren, was finished. Only three teams outside the top division qualified for this round, with Rebecq from the Belgian Second Amateur Division the lowest still in the competition.


2019–20 Belgian Cup, Seventh Round
The matches will be played on 3, 4 and 5 of December 2019.


2019–20 Belgian Cup, Quarter-finals
The draw for the quarter-finals was made immediately after the last game of the seventh round, between Excel Mouscron and Anderlecht was finished. Only one team from outside the top division remained at this stage of the competition, Union SG playing in the Belgian First Division B, who also reached the semifinals the previous season.


2019–20 Belgian Cup, Quarter-finals
The matches were played on 17, 18 and 19 December 2019.


2019–20 Belgian Cup, Semi-finals
The draw for the semi-finals was made immediately after the last game of the seventh round, between Anderlecht and Club Brugge was finished. The first leg matches will be played on 22 and 23 January 2020, the second legs on 5 and 6 February 2020.


2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division
The 2019–20 Belgian First Amateur Division was the fourth season of the third-tier football league in Belgium. Mid -March all matches were temporarily postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium, only to be canceled permanently two weeks later, with the standing as of March 12th counting as final. As a result, Deinze was crowned champions and promoted to the 2020–21 Belgian First Division B.


2019–20 Belgian First Division A
The 2019–20 Belgian First Division A (officially known as Jupiler Pro League) was the 117th season of top-tier football in Belgium.